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125392.0.jpg I just purchased kits to build the 4 way pressure clamps shown in the photo. I tend to use a lot of glue on the end grain cutting boards I build, so I was thinking of applying a plastic veneer or some other film to the wood bars to prevent glue squeeze out from gluing the clamp to the cutting board. Would a strip of UHMW be the right choice? Can you easily remove glue from UHMW? Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks, bob
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varnish, wax etc. no silicone!
Bill D
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Packaging tape is used for my cauls and works well for glue ups.
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I use the grocery store plastic bags in every situation like that.
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Waxed paper. Cheap and nothing will stick to it. I’ve used it for years.
Sharp solves all manner of problems.
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I tried something new, and I don't know if it'll work.
On half of my clamps, I waxed them.
On the other half I used the wax from a toilet bowl seating ring.
I'll find out!
Young enough to remember doing it;
Old enough to wish I could do it again.
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I use the grocery store plastic bags in every situation like that.
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+1 on the packing tape.Originally Posted by Aaron Rosenthal
wax ring stuff is kinda sticky, isn’t it. Yuck!
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+1 for waxed paper. Good for all sorts of gluing situations.
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Plus one for packaging tape. Nothing sticks to it. It's cheap and fairly durable. We have cauls in the shop that have clamped hundreds of tables and the tape still comes perfectly clean every time.
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I wax my clamps for easy glue removal with great results. For a 4 way clamp I would put packing tape on it, and maybe a little wax to be sure. I've had good luck with the packing tape, I just don't bother unless there's a real risk of the glue actually bonding the two materials. Benefit is it'll stay with the clamp. Wax paper also works well, but you'll have to secure it somehow.
Aaron, I'll be curious as to your results. I've only seen the wax ring method used as a cheaper way to wax screws over paste wax. I haven't heard of any performance difference.
Yep. I have cauls that have had the same tape on them for 10 years.
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
– Samuel Butler
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Packing tape on my cauls and wax paper on my clamp rails.
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Use the red (or whatever colour it is now) TUK (spl) NOTHING sticks to that! And it's very durable...
Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...
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Thanks for all the tips. Sounds like packing tape is the answer. I like it... simple, cheap, readily available. Cheers, bob
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